The Last Ranch - A Colorado Community and the Coming Desert

In a book that is ?must reading for those interested in the future of the american West? (Kirkus Reviews), Bingham shows how ranchers in Colorado's San Luis Valley-along with a Rhodesian expert, a Canadian billionaire, and a Hindu mathematician-coped with an unfolding environmental disaster: the rapid desertification of their land.

Summary

In a book that is “must reading for those interested in the future of the american West” (Kirkus Reviews), Bingham shows how ranchers in Colorado’s San Luis Valley-along with a Rhodesian expert, a Canadian billionaire, and a Hindu mathematician-coped with an unfolding environmental disaster: the rapid desertification of their land.

Product details

• Authors: Bingham, Sam Bingham
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.1997
• EAN: 9780156005395
• ISBN: 978-0-15-600539-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Weight: 4531 g
• Series: Harvest Book; Harvest Book
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Applied ecology, History of Science, Environmental Management, Conservation of the environment, Ecological science, the Biosphere, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Zoology and animal sciences, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Environmental policy and protocols, Arid zones, deserts, Plains and grasslands, HISTORY: WORLD, NATURE: Animals / Wildlife, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Ecology, NATURE: Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE: Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness, SCIENCE: History, SCIENCE: Natural History, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Zoology / General, NATURE: Natural Resources, NATURE: Ecosystems & Habitats / Plains & Prairies